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Hosted HA Succeeds for Manufacturing Company
SafeData provides Ahlstrom with a hosted, managed backup environment. |
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| SafeData, LLC, a technology company focused on helping companies protect their data, minimize downtime and recover and restore data quickly, today announced that it has implemented its hosted high
availability solution at Ahlstrom, Inc. , a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of high performance fiber-based materials. |
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| SafeData/HA (high availability) is a cost-effective, subscription-based high availability solution for mission-critical systems that utilizes iTera's Echo2 replication solution. By using the, SafeData solution,
Ahlstrom was able to have a real-time mirror of its legacy systems created and maintained at SafeData's carrier class data center in Medford, Mass. If Ahlstrom's IT facilities in Windsor Locks, Connecticut or Chirnside,
Scotland experience system loss-whether it be a natural disaster, power outage or system maintenance-the data is protected at the SafeData facility providing a "switch ready" option to ensure access to data 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. The solution also helps Ahlstrom to meet regulatory and compliance requirements. |
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| Ahlstrom is ranked among the top 10 nonwoven manufacturers. with its products being used in a large variety of everyday products, e.g. in filters, wipes, flooring, labels and tapes. Its 5,525 employees serve customers in more
than 20 countries on six continents. |
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| Employing about 850 employees, Ahlstrom's Windsor Locks and Chirnside locations needed to make a change from their AS/400 (now iSeries) platforms and legacy systems to a new, proprietary manufacturing system. While the 22-person IT
staff for these two locations was focused on the transition to the new manufacturing system, Ahlstrom needed to find a way to manage the existing system running its mission-critical legacy applications to ensure continuous operations.
Additionally, because Ahlstrom has made significant capital investments in its costly paper machines, the manufacturer needed to ensure its systems would be operational on a continual basis during the transition in order to remain profitable.
That's when the company turned to SafeData. |
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| "We looked at three vendors to provide us with a high availability solution," said Paul Bakutis, CIO at Ahlstrom. "We selected SafeData because we were very comfortable with the team, its iSeries and high availability expertise, its technology
infrastructure and its flexibility. Not to mention that SafeData's proposal was very competitively priced." |
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| "We have been very happy with our decision to go with SafeData and its high availability solution," said Bakutis. "They have certainly lived up to their promises." |
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| While Ahlstrom's IT team is intensely focused on the design and rollout of its new manufacturing solution, it has comfort in knowing that its existing system and legacy applications are in good hands with
a team that understands its organization's business continuity requirements. |
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| "We see SafeData as part of our IT team," said Bakutis. "We have an excellent working relationship with them. They have been extremely flexible. As we make changes, they are very accommodating and work
with us to make our system work for us." |
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About SafeData, LLC
SafeData, LLC is a technology company focused on helping businesses protect their data, minimize downtime and recover and restore data quickly. Offering Business Continuity Hosting Services via its data centers, SafeData provides
cost-effective, subscription-based data protection services to support and protect businesses during a man-made or natural disaster, a technology failure, a power or utility outage or routine maintenance. SafeData's suite of high
availability and disaster recovery offerings allows companies to choose the solution that matches their specific needs. Some of SafeData's clients include: The Calvin Klein division of Warnaco, Nypro, Inc., Ocean State Job Lot,
Quaker Fabric Corporation, Symmons Industries and Wachovia. Founded in 2005, SafeData is headquartered in Warwick, R.I. For more information on SafeData, visit www.safedata.net. |
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